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Old 11-13-2017, 05:14 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Kill yourself. X Factor is great.
X Factor is **** and every copy should be buried in a swamp and forgotten about.
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Three things I remember from when I listened to The Book of Souls back in 2015. It is 92 minutes long and suffers badly from a lack of editing. Bruce's voice is almost entirely shot on this album and he sounds like grandpa Simpson. That epic album closer, Empire of the Clouds, is one of the least interesting songs Maiden has ever written, but it's also the longest.
Apart from the lovely piano intro, yes, it does struggle to maintain the interest, rather like the whole album. I think Maiden seriously should consider going back to the shorter songs. They're not a progressive metal band, though they seem determined to try to be one.
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Sign of the Cross alone makes it worth it.
No. No it doesn't. "Sign of the Cross" is like am eleven minute borefest. I think the only song I can rate at all on X Factor is "Lord of the Flies", and even that's stretching it.

(Cue X Factor song coming up next! )
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